Local Mom Attends Classes Between Soccer Practice

Tammy Figueiredo of Wethersfield, who is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in sociology at Ashford University, goes to the extremes to juggle her career and family life (as I’m sure your parent readers can relate).

This included taking online classes and completing writing assignments on the sidelines of her son’s soccer games.

Driven by student demand and technological advances, online higher education has grown exponentially, providing students with anywhere/everywhere access.

The 2011 Sloan Consortium study from Babson Survey Research Group, “Going the Distance: Online Education in the United States 2011,”  reports that 6.1 million students were enrolled in at least one web-based class in the fall 2010 semester, with online enrollment now representing 31.3 percent of total enrollment.

For more information, please visit www.ashford.edu.